On January 25, Qiao Hongkun, a deputy to the Hubei Provincial People's Congress and Art Director of Xiangyang Tang City Tourism Development Co., Ltd. noted that Xiangyang should speed up the development of cultural tourism before the coming of "high-speed rail dividend", establish a tourism alliance and build tourist destinations to enhance its tourism image.

With a history of more than 2,800 years, Xiangyang, rich in tourism resources, should intensify policy support and financial support to superior cultural tourism projects, and grasp the dividend from high-speed rail, said Qiao during attending the two conferences of Hubei Province.